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275 Hespeler Rd
ApprovedSite Plan Amendment · Cambridge
- File number
- SP48/22
- Type
- Site Plan Amendment
- Status
- Approved
- Filed
- 2022-10-19
- Proposed use
- commercial
- First seen here
- 2026-11-01
Description
This application is a site plan amendment to the original submission (SP14/18) and subject to conditions of a minor variance application (A28/18); please consider your prior comments on the current application. Applicant proposes to demolish existing and construct new commercial building - auto dealership, one storey, 1901 sqm GFA, with a building coverage of 25%, lot coverage of 71%., and 170 parking spaces (requiring 48 minimum). The subject property is located on the east side of Hespeler Road, bounded by commercial properties to the north and south and by City owned property on the east (zoned OS2). The parcel to the East contains an unevaluated wetland under GRCA regulation, where portions of the wetland and buffer occupy the subject property. The parcel to the East is identified as a Generalized Location of Provincially Identified Former Waste Disposal Sites (Old Gant Landfill). The subject property is within the Groff Mill Creek subwatershed and contributes to a Wellhead Protection Area. The subject property is zoned C4M3 (ZBL 150-85) HR-MU/HD (2019 Draft). The Hespeler Road Mixed Use / High Density Zone is intended to permit a broad range of commercial, office and institutional along with high-density residential. The property is situated within a Regeneration Area, Hespeler Road Corridor Secondary Plan (2019 Draft), Can-Amera Parkway and Hespeler Road Community Node (OP), Central Transit Corridor (Region of Waterloo) including Major Transit Station Area (Can-amera LRT station). Note that registered surveys indicate 10' easements on all sides of the property (except street fronting) and they are not City-owned; i.e. Instrument # 640938 (Plan 58R-14795), 527584 (Plan1378 and 67-R-1630 and 67-R-1553), and 502794 (Plan 67-R-1630 and 67-R-1553).
What this kind of application is
Site plan review is a technical review by city staff of how a building sits on its lot: layout, parking, driveways, landscaping, grading and servicing. There is usually no public meeting.
History
- 2026-11-01